Light purple
#EFC6FF
#EFC6FF is a light purple with medium intensity, at step 200 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 12.7:1. On white it reaches only 1.5:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#EFC6FF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #EFC6FF kept exactly at step 200. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FCF3FF
- 100 F7E3FF
- 200 EFC6FF
- 300 D4B0E2
- 400 B993C7
- 500 9D77AC
- 600 815D8F
- 700 684674
- 800 50325B
- 900 391F42
- 950 230E2A
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fcf3ff; --color-purple-100: #f7e3ff; --color-purple-200: #efc6ff; --color-purple-300: #d4b0e2; --color-purple-400: #b993c7; --color-purple-500: #9d77ac; --color-purple-600: #815d8f; --color-purple-700: #684674; --color-purple-800: #50325b; --color-purple-900: #391f42; --color-purple-950: #230e2a;}Is #EFC6FF readable?
Contrast for text on #EFC6FF and for #EFC6FF used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.5APCA Lc 26 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 12.7APCA Lc 80 · Body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8E699D · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.5APCA Lc 23 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 12.7APCA Lc 80 · Body text
Color palettes with #EFC6FF
Six palettes built around #EFC6FF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#EFC6FF · #BB759D · #998DFF · #FFC3C4 · #241F27
- Complementary#EFC6FF · #92C358 · #90C756 · #E9D0FF · #241D28
- Split complementary#EFC6FF · #C9B050 · #01D6A1 · #EFC5F4 · #241C2B
- Triadic#EFC6FF · #D4AA59 · #00C5BC · #E4C8FA · #27222B
- Tetradic#EFC6FF · #B26E4B · #63BC48 · #D1F0FF · #342B36
- Monochromatic#EFC6FF · #B686D5 · #CE80DF · #F4E0FF · #2C232E
#EFC6FF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #EFC6FF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FCF3FF
- Brand 100, #F7E3FF
- Brand 200, #EFC6FF
- Brand 300, #D4B0E2
- Brand 400, #B993C7
- Brand 500, #9D77AC
- Brand 600, #815D8F
- Brand 700, #684674
- Brand 800, #50325B
- Brand 900, #391F42
- Brand 950, #230E2A
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D6D3D7
- Neutral 400, #A49FA6
- Neutral 500, #767179
- Neutral 600, #575259
- Neutral 700, #433E45
- Neutral 800, #2A262C
- Neutral 900, #1A161C
- Neutral 950, #0C090E
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38AA77
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #F1AB5A
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #D45154
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 200 with neutral 950 text, at 13.4:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 200: it already reads on the dark background at 13.4:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #EFC6FF
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